"Mankind flung its advance agents ever outward, ever outward. Eventually it flung them out into space, into the colorless, tasteless, weightless sea of outwardness without end. It flung them like stones."
"A purpose of human life, no matter who is controlling it, is to love whoever is around to be loved."
"The worst thing that could possibly happen to anybody would be to not be used for anything by anybody. Thank you for using me, even though I didn't want to be used by anybody."
"Mankind flung its advance agents ever outward, ever outward. Eventually it flung them out into space, into the colorless, tasteless, weightless sea of outwardness without end. It flung them like stones."
"The bounties of space, of infinite outwardness, were three: empty heroics, low comedy, and pointless death."
"A purpose of human life, no matter who is controlling it, is to love whoever is around to be loved."